Day Activity Centres provide activities and services to train people with disabilities to be independent to the best of their abilities. These centres prepare clients with disability for the transition to workshop employment when appropriate. They cater to persons aged 16 and above who are not able to take up open employment or attend sheltered workshops. They also provide a form of respite for caregivers during working hours.
Programmes involve activities to promote the development of cognitive, social, communication, language and motor skills. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy services are also provided.
The following are the centres for persons with Multiple Disabilities:
AWWA TEACH ME
No. 9 Lorong Napiri
Singapore 547531
Tel: 6511 5210
Fax: 6511 5209 Criteria : An integration programme for children with physical disabilities
Society for the Physically
Disabled (SPD)
SPD-SOKA Day Activity Centre No. 2 Peng Nguan Street
SPD Ability Centre
Singapore 168955
Tel: 6323 2303
Fax: 6323 7008 Criteria : Low-functioning persons with physical disability
Hostels are for persons with disability in employment, who due to certain reasons need to stay in a communal residential facility specially catered for their disability.
Homes provide both long-term (residential) and short-term (respite) care usually for destitute people with disabilities or those severely disabled whose families or caregivers are no longer able to care for them. Homes in Singapore aim to maximise the potential of people with disabilities through therapy, training and recreational activities.
